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Pioneer sit -Down Strike
In 1906 during the WW1 the pioneers had a sit-down strike. Employess at General Electric folded their arms on the job for 65 hours. This event relates to the life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness because they are fighting for what they believe in. -
Uprising of the 20,000
In 1906 female shirtwaist workers striked against the sweatshop conditions in New York State. This event relates to the life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness becuase they were not being treated right so they went on strike till they got what they wanted.
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Bread and Rose Strike
In 1912 During WW1 in Lawrence, Massachusetts, lead a strike of 23,000 men, women, and children to organize the "Lawrence Texttile Mills". The name of the strike was "Bread and Roses". This was the first sucessful multi-ethnic strike. This event relates to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness because they didnt get what they wanted so they went on strike till they got what they wanted. -
Leadership of the Industerial workers.
In 1918 were held charges of disloyalty to the United States due to the Leadership of the Industerial Workers of the world who were sentenced to federal prison. This relates to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness because they did something wrong so they had to pay for it. -
Nationwide railroad strike
In July 1st through September 1st the Railroad Labor Boards wage cut. The railroads hired strikebreakers to increse hostilities between the railroads and striking workers. On September 1st former federal judge James H Wilkerson issued a sweeping injunction against striking called "Daugherty Injunction." This relates to the life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness because they were not getting paid a fair amount.
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Davis-Bacon Act
The Davis-Bacon Act provided payment of prevailing wage rates to labpors and mechanics that were employed by contractors and subcontractors for public constuction. This event relates to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness because they wanted to get paid more so they went on strike and they got a raise. -
The Taft-Harley
On June 23, Despite prestident Trumans attempt to veto the Taft-Harley Act was passed. This resulted in major changes to the Wagner Act of 1935 and discouraged workers from forming labor unions consequently states began to form " Right to Work" laws weakening job secuirity by taking away union contracts. The Taft-harley act relates to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness because they had to work for cheap. -
President of Cio
The UAW president Walter Reuther was elected of CIO. President of Cio relates to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness because the new president came in and helped get higher pay. -
Equal Pay Act
On June 10, 1963 the Equal Pay Act started.
Equal pay video
Radio ad for Equal pay act This act relates to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness because because they were not getting paid equal or a fair amaount so they went on strike. -
Employment Act
On December 15,1967 age discrimination in employment act started.
Radio ad for equal rights The Employment Act relates to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness because pursuit of happiness is when you are happy and no one is happy when they dont have a job and this act is talking about people trying to find jobs. -
U.S. Postal Workers Strike
In 1970 the U.S. Postal workers went on strike affected the mail service in major cities.
Postal services video The U.S. Postal Worker strike relates to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness because they didnt get the pay and they were not treated the right way so they went on strike and shut down mail for a couple days. -
united farm workers
They start to boycott 25 major growers in california because of low pay. United Farm Workers Act relates to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness because they were not getting paid or able to sell the crops at the price they wanted. -
Air Traffic Stike
The professional air traffic controllers association struck in defiance of the law. President Ronald Reagan decided to fire all the strikers and broke the union to practice of hiring "permanent replacement" for striking workers.
Air traffic video Air Traffic Strike relates to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness because they didnt get what they wanted to they stood up for themselfs but they all got fired. -
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7,500 hotel workers and members go on strike to shutdown 11 major hotels. HERE relates to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness because they didnt get what they wanted so they decided to all go on stike and shut down a bunch of main hotels. -
united parcel services
Teamsters reach a new five year agreement with united parcel services, ending a two week strike over abuse of part time workers and health care for retirees. United Parcel Services relates to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness because they stood up for what they wanted and got what they wanted.
